Abram — Симфония — New Living Translation

After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 This is the account of Terah’s family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

Gen 11:29

Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor’s brother Haran.)

Gen 11:31

One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

Gen 12:1

1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.

Gen 12:4

So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

Gen 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

Gen 12:7

Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

Gen 12:8

After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the LORD, and he worshiped the LORD.

Gen 12:9

Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.

Gen 12:10

10 At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

Gen 12:11

As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.

Gen 12:14

And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.

Gen 12:16

Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her — sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

Gen 12:17

But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

Gen 12:18

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Gen 12:20

Pharaoh ordered some of his men to escort them, and he sent Abram out of the country, along with his wife and all his possessions.

Gen 13:1

1 So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.

Gen 13:2

(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)

Gen 13:4

This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.

Gen 13:5

Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.

Gen 13:6

But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

Gen 13:7

So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)

Gen 13:8

Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

Gen 13:11

Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.

Gen 13:12

So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.

Gen 13:14

After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction — north and south, east and west.

Gen 13:18

So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.

Gen 14:12

They also captured Lot — Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom — and carried off everything he owned.

Gen 14:13

But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.

Gen 14:14

When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer’s army until he caught up with them at Dan.

Gen 14:15

There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Gen 14:16

Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with his possessions and all the women and other captives.

Gen 14:17

17 After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Gen 14:18

And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine.

Gen 14:19

Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Gen 14:20

And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.

Gen 14:21

The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give back my people who were captured. But you may keep for yourself all the goods you have recovered.”

Gen 14:22

Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Gen 14:23

that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.’

Gen 15:1

1 Some time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”

Gen 15:2

But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

Gen 15:5

Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”

Gen 15:6

And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.

Gen 15:8

But Abram replied, “O Sovereign LORD, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”

Gen 15:10

So Abram presented all these to him and killed them. Then he cut each animal down the middle and laid the halves side by side; he did not, however, cut the birds in half.

Gen 15:11

Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.

Gen 15:12

As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.

Gen 15:13

Then the LORD said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

Gen 15:17

After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.

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